Stuivezand - The Sea As a Mirror

The coastline on its side

The designers at Stuivezand really wanted to avoid making a traditional float. But having met up with each other a number of times, certain ideas emerged which were after all conventional or had already been seen before, tells Jeroen. “This rather dampened our enthusiasm. We had to distance ourselves from the ideas we had first discussed. Let’s go a bit crazy we said and try something completely different. And where it had begun with carps on the waterline, it’s now become an entire coastline, on its side.

Kjeld says that they wanted this image to be unconventional. “The waterline had to have a maximum thickness of 50 centimetres. So, the float had to be as narrow as possible. The water would not be 50 centimetres thick everywhere. “Water is never a hundred percent flat. We want to use a trick by placing mirrors throughout,” said Jeroen. “Where on the one hand you can catch the light in them and on the other, yourself. This will produce the effect of water.” Kjeld adds: “Everything you see will be reflected. So as a human being you are responsible for the sea level. But we also don’t want to express this `story’ too emphatically.”

According to the designers the float will have a sleek image. “No unnecessary fuss. Despite there being no movement in the float, by means of the mirrors we want to suggest a playful amount of motion,” says Joeri. “The mirrors will not be placed in exactly the same way. Every time you look, you will see something different”, adds Jeroen.

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Jeroen Boot (44) is in daily life a SAP consultant. This is his fifth design. Joeri Huijbregts (28) is work planner in green areas. This is his fourth design. Kjeld van Kuijk (37) is an electrician and this year is his eighth design.

Original Dutch Text: Jonas Gommers
Translation: Mary Tyne
Photo: Jeanne van Oosterhout 

Hamlet Stuivezand
www.buurtschapstuivezand.nl

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